Sorry for gay laws

NORTHERN Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner has delivered an emotional apology in Parliament to people convicted under past gay-sex laws.

He said members of the gay community had been forced to live in fear and secrecy and their lives had been ruined.

“Today is about making right,” Mr Gunner said.

“It is about making right on hurtful and discriminatory laws tolerated, supported or actively perpetuated by Northern Territory governments ... we were wrong.”